Study of two isoforms of lipoxygenase by kinetic assays, docking and molecular dynamics of a specialised metabolite isolated from the aerial portion of Lithrea caustica (Anacardiaceae) and its synthetic analogs

2020 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 112359
Author(s):  
Alejandra Muñoz-Ramírez ◽  
Claudia Torrent-Farías ◽  
Carolina Mascayano-Collado ◽  
Alejandro Urzúa-Moll
Author(s):  
M.R. Richter ◽  
R.V. Blystone

Dexamethasone and other synthetic analogs of corticosteroids have been employed clinically as enhancers of lung development. The mechanism(s) by which this steroid induction of later lung maturation operates is not clear. This study reports the effect on lung epithelia of dexamethasone administered at different intervals during development. White Leghorn chick embryos were used so as to remove possible maternal and placental influences on the exogenously applied steroid. Avian lung architecture does vary from mammals; however, respiratory surfactant produced by the lung epithelia serves an equally critical role in avian lung physiology.


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